Stantec Inc. 2011 Sustainability Report
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FOCUS STANTEC INC. 2011 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT One Team. Integrated Solutions. AT STANTEC, OUR FOCUS IS ON SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY TO CONSISTENTLY DELIVER RESULTS FOR OUR CLIENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND SHAREHOLDERS. From across North America and internationally, we provide our clients with integrated design and consulting services in architecture, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning, surveying, environmental sciences, economics, project management, and many other disciplines. In simple terms, the world of Stantec is the water we drink, the routes we travel, the buildings we visit, the industries in which we work, and the neighborhoods we call home. Our services are provided on projects around the world through approximately 11,000 employees operating out of more than 170 locations in North America and 4 locations internationally. Stantec is publicly traded on the TSX and on the NYSE under the symbol STN. TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Stantec at a Glance 36 Focus on Our Clients 8 2011 Performance Highlights 42 Focus on Our Employees 9 About This Report 56 Focus on Our Partners 10 Message to Stakeholders 62 Focus on Our Communities 12 Awards and Recognitions 68 Focus on Our Environment 18 Performance and Goals 80 GRI Content Index 22 What Matters Most 90 Glossary 28 Governance and Management 92 Third-Party Assessment 32 Focus on Our Shareholders 94 Locations STANTEC INC. 3 STANTEC AT A GLANCE VISION To become and remain a top 10 global design firm. Being top 10 means TOP t Recognition for the quality of our work among the top 10 firms in our industry t Working on complex projects for top, long-term clients t Attracting and retaining highly talented, innovative employees 10 MISSION To be One Team providing integrated solutions to create shared value for our clients, employees, shareholders, and communities. ONE TEAM STRATEGY To achieve our vision, we focus on t Positioning Stantec among the top-three service providers in our geographic locations t Focusing on operational excellence t Providing expertise and value-added services to FOUNDATION our clients with a commitment to excellence in CLIENTS project execution through an integrated quality PEOPLE management system t Driving a client-focused culture through cross-selling efforts and account management strategies The successful implementation of our business strategy results in growth. The three key drivers of our strategic focusing on our people. Based on our successes in those plan are our foundation, our clients, and our people. areas, we believe that we are well positioned to realize We create shareholder value through building on our our vision of becoming and remaining a top 10 global foundation, attracting and retaining the best clients, and design firm. 4 2011 STANTEC SUSTAINABILITY REPORT SUSTAINABILITY We are committed to being a leader and model of sustainability by doing business in a way that meets the needs of the present while contributing to an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable future. This commitment is at the heart of how we operate and how we deliver solutions to our clients, and is vital to our long-term success in achieving our vision. BUSINESS MODEL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSIFICATION Our business model is based on providing integrated We operate in three main geographic regions: Canada, services across diverse geographic locations, distinct the United States, and International. Our aim is to offer practice area units, and all phases of the infrastructure and the power and resources of a large global entity while facilities project life cycle—planning, design, construction, maintaining the personality and service delivery attitude maintenance, and decommissioning. of a small, local business. This three-dimensional, sustainable approach ensures that we do not have to depend on any single geographic 4% International location, practice area unit, or life cycle phase for our work. Each time we strengthen any of the three dimensions, we 56% Canada increase and diversify our business. 2011 Environment Canada GROSS REVENUE BY Industrial REGIONAL OPERATING UNIT Urban Land United States Buildings International Transportation LIFE CYCLE 40% United States TOP: Castle Rock Ridge Wind Power Pincher Creek, Alberta STANTEC INC. 5 PRACTICE AREA UNIT SPECIALIZATION Currently, we provide services in five 11% Urban Land specialized and distinct practice area 24% Buildings unit groupings: Buildings, Environment, 12% Transportation Industrial, Transportation, and Urban Land. Focusing on this combination 2011 of project services helps differentiate GROSS REVENUE BY us from our competitors and allows PRACTICE AREA UNIT us to enhance our presence in new geographic locations and markets 17% Industrial while establishing and maintaining long-term client relationships. 36% Environment BUILDINGS Stantec’s Buildings team works with our TRANSPORTATION Stantec’s Transportation team clients to design high performance, cost-effective, and provides a full range of innovative services to facilitate the sustainable buildings. Services include safe and efficient movement of people and goods through t Pre-design services including project and program a variety of modes of transportation. Services include definition and planning t Project management t Architectural and interior design t Transportation planning and investment studies t Structural, mechanical, electrical, and t Engineering acoustical engineering t Construction administration t Sustainability and performance engineering t Infrastructure management t Post-construction services including commissioning and systems optimization URBAN LAND Stantec’s Urban Land team works to enhance the quality of life where people work, live, and play by ENVIRONMENT Stantec’s Environment team provides providing client solutions that are environmentally responsible, our clients with integrated, professional, and sustainable aesthetically beautiful, functional, and technically sound. solutions to their environmental concerns. Services include Services include t Water supply, treatment, storage, and distribution t Planning t Wastewater collection, pumping, treatment, and t Landscape architecture disposal t Geomatics t Watershed management t Engineering t Environmental assessment, documentation, t Project management and permitting t Conceptual and master planning t Ecosystem restoration planning and design t Development approvals and entitlement t Environmental site management and remediation t Infrastructure design t Subsurface investigation and characterization t Construction review t Geotechnical engineering INDUSTRIAL Stantec’s Industrial team provides 1. US Route 1, Section 6V Replacement 1 2 integrated, practical solutions for complex industrial North Brunswick, New Jersey projects that meet functional needs and are sensitive 3 2. Channelside Redevelopment to the environment. Services include Tampa, Florida Project planning and development t 453. Edmonton International Airport Expansion t Functional programming Edmonton, Alberta t Engineering 4. Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration Demonstration Project t Project management Estevan, Saskatchewan t Project services including construction support 5. Kentucky River Locks and Dams Engineering Services t Strategic advisory services Various Locations, Kentucky 6 2011 STANTEC SUSTAINABILITY REPORT STANTEC INC. 7 2011 PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS FOCUS ON OUR SHAREHOLDERS FOCUS ON OUR PARTNERS › We once again earned a spot on the Canadian › We launched our enhanced Supplier Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index Diversity program › We have been included in the Jantzi Social › Our spend for small businesses was $48.6 million, Index since 2007 representing 18.6% of our total US spend › Our gross revenue increased 11.3% to $1.7 billion › Total revenue for our Aboriginal partnerships was over $13 million FOCUS ON OUR CLIENTS FOCUS ON OUR COMMUNITIES › Our team received double honors at Green Living › We were recognized as one of the Best 50 Enterprise’s Awards for Excellence in Corporate Citizens in Canada Corporate Responsibility › Cash donations made through our Community › We achieved ANSI accreditation for greenhouse Investment program totaled $901,000 gas verification under ISO 14065 › To promote employee volunteerism, we expanded › Our internal research and development fund our Dollars for Doers program to all offices increased by 50%, up to $450,000 FOCUS ON OUR EMPLOYEES FOCUS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT › We were selected as one of Canada’s Ten Best › We were again named one of Canada’s Companies to Work For Greenest Employers › Our wellness program won two ClearAdvantage › Our integrated management system was registered corporate wellness program awards in the US to the ISO 14001:2004 standard › We initiated an “Emerging Leaders” program for › The number of our offices with a local Sustainability employees with promising leadership potential Team grew to 88 8 2011 STANTEC SUSTAINABILITY REPORT ABOUT THIS REPORT This is Stantec’s fifth annual sustainability report, providing procedures is available on pages M-72 and M-73 in our 2011 an overview of the Company’s environmental, social, and Financial Review. Significant accounting judgments, estimates, economic sustainability performance for the 2011 calendar year. and assumptions used in preparing our financial information This report focuses on information pertinent to Stantec’s most are described in note 5 on pages F-19 to F-21 in our 2011 material issues and priorities and was prepared in accordance